Jackie Lynne Gardner passed away on February 10, 2025 while wintering in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was 67.

Jackie was born on August 16, 1957 in Noranda, Quebec. When she was still a young child, the family moved to rural Thornbury, Ontario. it was here that Jackie’s love for the outdoors, and for animals became apparent. She had a happy childhood, horseback riding, swimming, playing with the farm animals, and walking in the fields with her beloved dog in tow.

Later, when the family moved to Guelph, Ontario, she excelled in figure skating and ballet. She subsequently studied Fine Arts, with a specialty in dance at York University. After university Jackie, always the adventurer, decided to travel the world for one year. The place she loved most on her travels was Indonesia, where she resolved one day to return.

She worked for 10 years at IFOP, a French public relations company in Toronto, before returning to Indonesia where she spent many years teaching English.

Recently, she moved back to Toronto where she spent the summers at our cottage on Georgian Bay swimming and enjoying the outdoors. Jackie will be remembered for her sense of humor, infectious laugh, and impeccable sense of style. You will be missed Sis.

Jackie is survived by her sister, Ruth and brother James (Jamie). She was the daughter of the late John(Jack) Gardner and T Viola Gardner, sister to the late Myles Gardner, and late Sherry Anne Mitchell Gardner.

A burial service will be held on April 29, 2025 at Saint Mary’s cemetery at 1pm, 405 2nd street Avenue SE Owen Sound ON N4K 5T2.

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